In search of finding ways that hospitality is being taught today, I interviewed Professor Jeffery Elsworth from the Michigan State University. Since coming to Michigan State, Mr. Elsworth has helped restructure the curriculum for hospitality business degree by creating five new courses to help prepare students. In our interview, Mr. Elsowrth said “We try to prepare our students with the right communication skills that employers look for such as: professional e-mail knowledge, exceptional on the phone, and team communicating skills being able to motivate staff.” I asked him if these skills were incorporated in the curriculum here at Michigan State, and he replied “Yes, we have a whole course on it, HB 267 Managing for Quality and Team Leadership.” Professor Elsworth also talked about how there are course for learning hospitality information systems. He also gave me some insight on the hospitality jargon: “86” means out of something, “in the weeds” means really busy, “on the rail” means food is on kitchen shelve, these are just a few of the things hospitality students learn as part of the communication. Professor Elsworth also gave me some details about his current research project, “Right now I am working on a study to see if customers understand the difference between chain and independent franchise restaurants. We are trying to see whether people go to certain restaurants based on this idea,